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    Event Planner

    Kid Rock headlines the best weekend events in Dallas

    Alex Bentley
    Jul 18, 2013 | 6:00 am

    For anyone not taking a vacation right about now, the middle of July in Dallas offers a few interesting pleasures, including boat shopping, outside movie-watching and celebrating the anniversary of the first moon landing.

    Below are the best options for your precious free time Thursday through Sunday. Don't like what you see? Lucky for you, we have a much longer list of the city's best events.

    Thursday, July 18

    Gary Louris of The Jayhawks in concert
    The name The Jayhawks sounds like an early rock band from the 1950s, but they're in fact an alt-country group that came to fame in the 1980s. Gary Louris was one of the founding members, whom many consider responsible for the sound for which the group would come to be known. He'll play at The Kessler with Greg Schroeder as opening act.

    2013 DFW Boat Expo
    Owning a boat may not be for everybody, but summer is primetime boating season, so what better time for a boat expo? Whether you're in the market or not, ogling the hundreds of boats and other watercraft that will be on display during the four-day event at Dallas Market Hall is still fun. Hey, we can dream, can't we?

    Friday, July 19

    Rodrigo y Gabriela in concert with Zach Heckendorf
    Rodrigo y Gabriela are unlike any musical duo you're likely to encounter. They're heavily influenced by heavy metal bands, yet they're mostly acoustic and their Mexican heritage plays a big part in their output as well. Any way you slice it, they've gotten big enough to play a venue like Winspear Opera House, where they'll be joined by Zach Heckendorf.

    Downtown Dallas Summer Movie Series: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    Alamo Drafthouse isn't the only place you can see classic movies in outdoor setting this summer. Downtown Dallas is taking advantage of its various open spaces to show one free movie a week for four weeks. This week's offering is Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, taking place in Browder Plaza at the corner of Browder and Commerce Streets.

    Dallas Arts District Late Night Parties
    It won't be quite the fest that last month's Summer Block Party was, but the three Dallas Art District museums will each put on their monthly late night celebrations - Late Nights at the DMA, 'til Midnight at Nasher Sculpture Center and Crow Collection After Dark. Come to get an after-hours peek at their exhibits, listen to music, watch movies or any number of other activities.

    Saturday, July 20

    Frontiers of Flight Museum presents 2013 Moon Day
    Even though the Frontiers of Flight Museum celebrates Moon Day, or the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, every year, the event is more about looking forward than looking back. They're interested in the future of space exploration, and hope to inspire kids to share that same passion. A variety of exhibits and activities will show off the wonders of astronomy.

    Kid Rock in concert with Uncle Kracker
    Ticket prices for concerts continue to skyrocket, so it's pretty refreshing to see a big name like Kid Rock offer tickets on the cheap. Every ticket, from the front row to the lawn seats at Gexa Energy Pavilion, was available for $20. The concert, featuring longtime collaborator Uncle Kracker, will also have discounted parking, food and merchandise.

    Sunday, July 21

    Dallas Opera presents Jack and the Beanstalk
    The Dallas Opera isn't in season right now, but that doesn't mean they're not still busy putting on events. This kid-friendly offering, taking place at Dallas Children's Theater, is an operatic take on the classic fairy tale, complete with music from Sir Arthur Sullivan. Early exposure to the arts is always a good thing, and the price - $5 per person - is just right.

    Amphibian Stage Productions presents The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)
    As people in the Bible Belt will tell you, "Sunday is God's day," so why not take them at their word and see the newest play from Amphibian Stage Productions? Of course, The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) may not be what they had in mind, as it is a satirical look at theological questions that have puzzled through the years. The play will run through August 11.

    Amphibian Stage Productions will present The Bible: The Complete Word of God (unabridged) through August 11.

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    Movie Review

    Thriller film Sinners hits hard with horror and two Michael B. Jordans

    Alex Bentley
    Apr 18, 2025 | 1:29 pm
    Michael B. Jordan and Miles Caton in Sinners
    Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.
    Michael B. Jordan and Miles Caton in Sinners.

    Writer/director Ryan Coogler has become so well-known for his blockbuster films - Creed, Black Panther, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - that it’s easy to forget that he made his debut with the small-but-powerful 2013 film, Fruitvale Station. After more than a decade, he’s finally returning to original material with his latest film, Sinners.

    Each of Coogler’s films has either starred or featured Michael B. Jordan, and this one gives moviegoers a double dose, as Jordan plays twins who go by the nicknames of Smoke and Stack. Set in 1932, the two hustlers have recently returned from mysterious (and possibly criminal) work in Chicago to their hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi to open a juke joint.

    They call upon a number of friends and family to help them with the venture, including cousin and guitar player Sammie Moore (Miles Caton), Smoke’s old girlfriend Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), piano player Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), bouncer Cornbread (Omar Miller), and Chinese couple Bo and Grace Chow (Yao and Li Jun Li). Trouble is never far from the brothers, though, whether it’s Stack’s old girlfriend Mary (Hailee Steinfeld), the Ku Klux Klan leader who sold them the property for the juke joint, or something even more sinister.

    Coogler began his feature film career by confronting the issue of unjustified shootings of Black people by police, and how Black people are perceived by society has been a part of everything he’s done since. By placing this film firmly in the middle of the Jim Crow era, he infuses the story with all manner of subtext, including the injustice of sharecropping and prevalent segregation in the South.

    Music, specifically Blues, plays a big part in the film as well. It’s championed through the emerging talent of Sammie and the veteran presence of Delta Slim, but it’s also a driving force for other parts of the plot. Sammie is decried by his pastor father for playing “the devil’s music,” while strange newcomer Remmick (Jack O’Connell) seems to appreciate it a little too much. A fantastically surreal scene at the juke joint turns into an entertaining and educational lesson on the history of Black music.

    It’s Remmick’s obsession that’s at the center of the final hour or so of the film, one in which all hell breaks loose. The manner of that hell is probably better enjoyed if it’s not spoiled here, but suffice it to say that Remmick has an evil to him that threatens to destroy Smoke and Stack’s venture before it even gets started. The horror aspect of the film is fine, but it actually winds up being the least interesting part of the whole story.

    Jordan can occasionally go over-the-top with his performances, and with him playing twins the threat of doing so was doubled. But he remains relatively restrained for most of the film, giving each twin their own unique spin. Caton, a rising R&B singer, makes his acting debut in the film and winds up stealing every scene he’s in. The rest of the cast complements each other well, with Mosaku and Steinfeld being standouts.

    Coogler has proven himself to be a savvy filmmaker in each of his previous four films, and with Sinners he combines the personal with crowd-pleasing elements to great effect. It features great music, an insightful story, and even some gory action for an experience you’re not likely to find anywhere else.

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    Sinners opens in theaters on April 18.

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